Conductor support



sept. 4, 192s. 1,683,109

E. B. SNYDER CONDUCTOR SUPPORT Filed March 7,. 1924 512M/7D 5- 6W5/ WITNE-SS I m j M (,Tl'l'ouw Patented sept. 4,1928. i. -I 'Il 1,683,108`

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE..-

EDWARD B. SNYDER, OF MANSFELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OHIO BRASS COMPANY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, A. CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

CONDUCTOR SUPPORT.

Application led March 7, 1924'. Serial No. 697,669.

My invention relates to a support for elecinsulatingV members. The axis of the pastric conductors and has particular reference sage 12, terminating in the channels 13 and to the supporting of conductors at points 14, is at'right angles to the axisof 'the paswhere it is desired to dead-end the same. sage 18, terminating in the channels 15 and The object of my invention is to provide 16l and are disposed vat opposite ends of the 60 means for dead-ending a conductor in in* insulating member. sulated relation to a support and having in- It will be noted that the insulating memcorporated therein means whereby thedeadbers are so secured to the bodyl member 1 ended line will drop in case of the insulatthat the cables 19` and 19A are not intering portion breaking. y y ylinked with the fastening member 9,y and` it 65 My invention resides in the new and novel will be apparent from this that if the iiioonstruction, combination and relation of sulator should break transversely at any the various parts hereinafter more fully depoint between the passages 12 and 18, that scribed and set forth in the specifications the cable 19 or 19A,will be dropped. In l5 and in the drawings accompanying the specother words, the insulating member is un- 70 ification. der tension and in compression as would be In the drawing accompanying' the specthe case if thev members 19 and 19A were iiication: interlinked with the member 9.

Fig. 1 shows a side view in elevation in There are devices on the market for the 20 partial section with two cables dead-ended same purpose as my invention, comprising 75 thereto and the device secured to a crosstwo insulators spaced apart and mounted arm. upon pins which are connected through a Fig. 2 shows an end view of Fig. 1. l t common casting or through the supporting Fig. 3 shows a top plan view of Fig. 1. members, the insulator being of the` well In the preferred embodiment of my inknown type of insulator which screws upon S0 vention I employ a body member 1 provided the pin and provided with a groove therewith a passage 2 therethrough to receive a around to receive the cable. In this confaste-ning bolt 3 bymeans of which the memstruction, the insulating member is placed ber 1 maybe secured to a support such as under compression as it is positioned sura cross-arm 4. The body member 1 is pro-` rounding the pin and between t-he cable and Se vided with projecting members 5 and 6 the pin, and if the insulating' member be-` forming a clevis connection, each provided comes injured, there may be a lealagefrom with oppositely disposed passages 7 and 8, `the cable through the insulator to the pin respectively, to receive a holding stud `9 and then to ground, or even to the opwhich is held against displacement by a posit-ely dead-ended conductorif its insula 90 spring cotter 10, or which may be replaced tor is also injured. Such injury to the inv by a nut threaded to the member 9 or other sulators may render the apparatus connected equivalent means. t to the cables, inoperative, but on account of Secured to the body member 1 and prothe construction of the support'it is only 40 jec'ting in opposite directions therefrom are with a great deal of time and expense that two insulating members 11, each provided the defect is found, as the insulator of the with a passage 12 to receive the holding' type described is usually held in position stud 9. The insulating member 11 is also upon the pin by the cable connected thereto. provided with oppositely disposed longi- As already explained, with my improvedy tudinal channels 13 and 14: in which are construction an injury to the insulator is 100 disposed the projecting members 5 and 6, vary likely to permit the line connected respectively. The insulating member 11 is thereto to drop and the line is sure `to drop also provided with oppositely and longiif the injury takes place between the pastudinally disposed channels 15 and 16 possages 12 and 18. Vith the line dropped, it

5o tioned at 90 degrees with respect to the will be apparent at once to an inspector, 105 channels 13 and 14 and separated by the seeking the trouble, when he arrives at the insulating wings 17. The channels 15 and defective support. 16are connected by a passage 18 to receive My invention is found of particular value the cables 19 and 19A which may be either in connection with constructing lines for insulated or bare and are dead-.ended to the operating'railway signal devices where it is 11o' important to note defective insulators as quickly as possible. Under such conditions the circuit is dead-ended on each side of the device, and the end leads 20 and 20A are run to the signaling apparatus. In case oi a break, the line 19 or 19A is dropped either entirely or partially to the ground and, as stated before, is easily visible to an inspector.

My invention maintains the conductor` in dead-ended insulated alinement and ready to drop if the insulating member is broken through or between the passages 12 and 18 and offers great insulation between the conductor and the ground on account of the long path therebetween and the longitudinally disposed ribs 17 offering a long surface leakage path therebetween.

My invention also lends itself to a construction, as will be apparent, where only one insulating member is used as for vdeadending the line without its continuing.

-Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A combination comprising a body member, an insulating member, means on the body member to receive the insulating member, means to secure the insulating member yto thebody member, the insulating member provided with two pair of oppositely disposed longitudinal grooves, all grooves being 'parallel and each pair defined by flanges disposed at 90 degrees to the other pair, the `insulatingmember provided with a transverse opening therethrough connecting the grooves of one pair and located adjacent the end of the insulating member to receive the connecting means on the body member, the insulating member provided with another transverse opening therethrough connecting the other pair of grooves adjacent the opposite end of the insulating member to receive a conductor and place the insulating member in tension when in action, a conductor passing through the last transverse opening and secured to the insulator and having its end free for connection and the body member provided with an opening therethrough and having its axis parallel to one of the aforesaid openings in the insulator to receive a pinto secure the body to a support.

2. An insulator comprising in combination, a body member,an insulating member provided with oppositely disposed parallel and longitudinal grooves, the insulator provided with a transverse passage therethrought connecting the grooves adjacent one end, means on the body member to coact with the grooves, means coacting with the last said means and extending throughrtlie passage at the end oi' the insulating member to secure the insulator to the body member witlithe opposite end of the insulating member projecting away from the body member, the insulator member provided with another transverse passage therethrough adjacent the opposite end of the insulator to receive a conductor and place the insulating member in tension when in use, a conductor secured tothe projecting end of the insulator and placing the insulator in tension and the body member provided with an opening therethrough to receive a bolt for securing the body member to a support.

3.l The combination of a body member, an elongated insulating member provided with a transverse passage adjacent one end, means on the body member to secure the insulating member to the body member, means extending through the said passage to secure the insulator to the last said means, the insulator provided with another transverse passage therethrough and at the opposite end of the insulating member, a conductor looped through the last transverse -passage and secured to the insulatory against slippage and placing the insulating member in tension, longitudinally disposed raised means positioned between the passages to increase surface leakage therebetween, the body member provided with a passage therethrough to receive a bolt in alinement with one of the transverse openings in the insulating member.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

EDWARD B. sNYDER; 

